The Greeks are not reflective, but perfect in their senses and in their health, with the finest physical organization in the world. Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children. They made vases, tragedies, and statues, such as healthy senses should,—— that is, in good taste. Such things have continued to be made…
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming. It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in…
I anticipate reading The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche. The introduction is written by Walter Kaufmann, the translator. Kaufmann mentions that Nietzsche was greatly influenced by the writings of New England transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Curious to understand the substrate of Nietzsche’s sense of himself and of his world I downloaded a segment of…
A gray rainy spring day… I do not remember turning off the alarm on the bedside radio, but who else could have managed? Thus, I rose one hour later than is my custom. How much of my life amounts to actions of which I have no memory? I am surprised by effects which seem…
There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head….
Through morality the individual is instructed to be a function of the herd and only to attribute value to himself as a function. Freedom assumes, if not the individual, at least life is not necessary as a value. It assumes therefore that one place one’s life at stake (it is not necessary) at the…
Today, is the first day of spring. I am ready for change to a season of transformation. Soon with gradually warming days grass will become green and tiny buds will appear on the trees. Green buttercup stalks are already emerging, piercing the brown and gray of the leaf strewn flower beds. The Tina Turner…
Sunday, is warmer, more agreeable than was Saturday. The plans for today include adventuring into Chicago for a performance of The Tina Turner Musical at the Nederlander Theater. Tina Turner was a “force of Nature,” survivor of an physically destructive relationship with Ike, her husband- manager. She survived fame as well, with 11 Grammy…
A being is a closed pathway. This engages in that direction. Each being is suspended over the infinite possibility that it had of not being. It perceives an ensemble of possibilities not occurring as possibilities for existence other than it. –excerpt On Nietzsche, Notes by Georges Bataille p. 319 This particular combination that I…
Conversed with two friends this morning long enough to finish my first cup of Starbucks dark roast, with two splendas and creme… I asked about sites in the area — of ruins, abandoned factories, or such structures which have fallen into disuse, decrepitude from their heyday. I received several good leads. Apparently there is…
